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Yep, M4A, or AAC. Most modern tools and handheld devices could read AAC. Sounds far better with 192kpbs than MP3, too.

Anyway, the reason these are AAC is that I’m using the extended podcast format, so you have links embedded inside the file, images, and so on. This way anyone could explore the music by the bands and producers by following the links inside the AAC file.

At first I also didn’t get why M4A, but then realized that it’s a huge convenience. I can see a mix broken into parts in my iPod with clear names of tracks and covers shown properly. It’s easy to locate the track I liked.

When downloading, I was copy-pasting the tracklists to my notepad, but now, once I noticed that they have that nice embedded info feature, dumped all of the paperwork. :)

Yes. I saw that Jason over at Proton Radio did similar mp4 podcasts and I was impressed, so that’s what inspired me in the first place. Using AAC files are like putting together albums, you could add artwork/images, listings, chapters and so on.